FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Interim government’s Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus appealed for calm late Thursday night and pledged justice over Sharif Osman Had’s death following a sniper attack on him.In an impromptu televised address to the nation, he also announced that the government...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's second oil refinery is now in sight as a project with an estimated cost Tk 355 billion in domestic financing awaits ECNEC seal at its next meeting, officials say. With this decisive initiative by the interim government a prolonged...
LONDON, Dec 18 (AFP): British energy giant BP, which this year shelved targets on reducing carbon emissions, has appointed company outsider Meg O'Neill to be its chief executive from April, replacing Murray Auchincloss who stepped down Thursday.BP said in a...
JEDDAH, Dec 18 (Arab News): Oman and India signed a series of agreements aimed at deepening trade, investment and maritime cooperation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Muscat. The deals include an executive program, a Joint Maritime Vision...
Midland Bank PLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Meena IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) and Fertility Care Limited at Midland Bank's head office in the city recently. Md Nazmul Huda Sarkar, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Midland Bank, and...
Md. Abul Hashem, Managing Director & CEO of Uttara Bank PLC, inaugurated the 48th Sub-branch of the bank named 'Hathazari Sub-branch' at Ramgarh Road, Hathazari, Chattogram, on Thursday. Deputy Managing Director Md. Rezaul Karim was present as special guest. Md....
Agrani Bank PLC has achieved the SAFA (South Asian Federation of Accountants) Certificate of Merit for the best annual report for the year 2024. On behalf of the bank, the certificate was received by Deputy Managing Director Rubana Pervin at...
Sonali Bank PLC has received Gold Prize at the 15th ICMAB Best Corporate Award in the State-owned Commercial Bank category. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday night at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the capital. Commerce Adviser Sk....
The 38th Annual General Meeting of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL), a Company of Petrobangla, was held on Wednesday at the Petrocentre in Dhaka with Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Chairman of RPGCL Board, in the chair. The meeting was...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank achieved the 'Remittance Award-2025' as it secured the fourth place in remittance collection for the FY 2024-25. Managing Director of the bank Sanchia Binte Ali received the award from Dr Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry of...
State-owned Rupali Bank PLC secured eighth place in the banking sector in remittance collection in 2024-25 fiscal year. Dr Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, presented the Remittance Award to Kazi Md Wahidul Islam,...
Janata Bank PLC has achieved the distinction of becoming the third-highest remittance-collecting bank for the fiscal year 2024-25. In this connection, a function was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday marking the International Migrants Day...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The 2nd International Case Conference on Business and Management (ICCBM) 2025 was held on Thursday at BRAC University in the city aiming to encourage students to join new enterprises with the help of AI (artificial intelligence).Organised by BRAC Business School,...
RIYADH, Dec 18 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has approved the abolition of fees imposed on expatriate labor in industrial facilities licensed under an industrial permit, following a recommendation from the Council of...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has tightened security measures across the capital in a bid to ensure that upcoming Christmas is celebrated peacefully and in a festive mode.DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Thursday made the remarks at a...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The head of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has praised Bangladesh for a comprehensive and potentially transformative programme of labor reforms.In a letter dated December 17, the ILO chief described the programme undertaken by Bangladesh as wide-ranging and potentially transformative,...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The government has initiated steps to formulate a national action plan to eliminate child labour from the country by 2030, said Dr Md Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan, secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, on Thursday."Eradication of child labour requires...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka has framed charges against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 12 retired senior army officers, including 5 former DGFI chiefs, in a case of crimes against humanity involving enforced disappearances and torture at...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Police have recovered the hanging body of a National Citizen Party (NCP) leader from a female student hostel in the capital's Hazaribagh area.The deceased was identified as Jannatara Rumi, 30, joint coordinator of the NCP's Dhanmondi thana unit. She was...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Dependants of a victim of enforced disappearances now can use the victim's property sans any permission under provision of a draft law that remedies existing painful wait of many. The Advisory Council of the interim government in its meeting Thursday...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced a new "Truck Movement" sub-module under the ASYCUDA World system to digitally track the entry of cargo-laden trucks from India and the exit of empty vehicles.The initiative aims to strengthen monitoring, transparency...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Chief Justice (CJ) Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday said the July Revolution did not aim to overturn the Constitution, but rather to renew and strengthen the nation's engagement with it.He made the remarks while responding to a farewell felicitation...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
Lower liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices in the international market over the past one and a half years have significantly eased fiscal pressure on Petrobangla, allowing the state-run entity to avoid fully utilising costly external financing, officials said.As global energy...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-12-19 00:00:00
A retired banker's daughter increasingly struggles to manage the daily expenses of her parents, who are almost bed-ridden, and a downturn in receipts from investment in savings certificates worries her. Sadia Chowdhury, daughter of former private banker Humayun Chowdhury, whose...
COLOMBO, Dec 18 (AFP): Sri Lanka's government announced plans on Thursday for $1.6 billion in extra spending in 2026 to fund the country's recovery from Cyclone Ditwah, which killed more than 640 people.The natural disaster affected 2.3 million people, more...
PHNOM PENH, Dec 18 (AFP): Thailand on Thursday bombed a building in a Cambodian casino town and major crossing between the two nations, as foreign powers pressured them to halt reignited border clashes.Thai fighter jets dropped three bombs in an...
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (AP): The Trump administration has carried out a series of military operations near Venezuela over the past three months, including attacks on alleged drug-smuggling vessels and the seizure of an oil tanker, in what officials describe as...
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (AFP): The US Congress on Wednesday permanently ended sanctions imposed on Syria under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, paving the way for the return of investment to the war-ravaged nation.President Donald Trump had already twice suspended the implementation...
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (AP): The Trump administration has announced a massive arms sales package to Taiwan worth over $11 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones, prompting strong condemnation from China.The State Department unveiled the sales late Wednesday during a...
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (AFP): US and Russian officials will meet in Miami this weekend for new talks on President Donald Trump's plan for ending the Ukraine war, a White House official told AFP Wednesday.The talks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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